Human Head Discusses Prey 2's Troubled Development

Prey 2 developer Human Head Studios has come forward to share a few details surrounding the game's troubled development and eventual cancellation.

According to project director Chris Rhinehart, the studio ceased development on the promising sequel back in 2011, a full three years before Bethesda finally announced the project had been scrapped.

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"We stopped working on Prey 2 near the end of 2011, and had been working on it for close to two years," Rhinehart told Develop. "It was very close to an alpha state, with all major content pieces represented.

"We were at that point in a game where you can step back and see the whole picture and shift from developer to editor and decide which elements to cut and which elements to emphasis and polish."

Prey 2 was first revealed back in March of 2011, which means Human Head stopped working on the title less than a year after it was even announced. We were quite impressed with early showings of the game and thought it showed a lot of potential.

Too bad it will never see the light of day.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @alexcosborn.